TiBB'S TOP SONG OF 2015
Welcome to the Top Song of 2015. If you're not sure of what this whole shebang is, here're a few links to previous years:
2014: "Chandelier" by Sia
2013: "Work" by Iggy Azalea
2012: "Pyramids" by Frank Ocean
2011: "Midnight City" by M83
2010: "What's My Name (feat. Drake)" by Rihanna
2009: "Sweet Disposition" by the Temper Trap
2008: "Womanizer" by Britney Spears
We'll begin with a Top 200 of the year, hand-picked through the following methods:
- Any song that has appeared in the Top 15 of the UK single charts at any point from January 1 2015 to December 25 2015 (the last chart date of the year).
- Just to make up the numbers and to make this a little more transatlantic, I also included a couple of songs that made the top 5 in the Billboard Hot 100 (but failed to make any impression here).
- Of those, songs originally released prior to January 1 - either as a single, or on an album released before July 2014 - have been removed.
- Also, songs that have appeared in previous editions of this game cannot count.
- And finally, re-releases of songs don't count (sorry, Mariah Carey).
- I've shoved in a handful of songs that did well in critics' "end of the year" lists from the likes of the Guardian, TimeOut, NME, Popjustice and Pitchfork too. I have bolded these.
- To save the list from becoming too repetitive, artists are restricted to just their 3 highest-charting songs. This rule has only affected Justin Bieber, Sigma and The Weeknd this year.
So here's how it will work..
PRELIMINARY ROUND I've compiled a list of 150 songs below, picked from singles that made the top 15 of the UK charts this year, songs that did well in critics' end-of-year lists (bolded), and songs you've voted or randomised into the game (red).
QUALIFYING ROUND To make up a top 200 songs, we need to get some suggestions from you all. Here's how that works - all of you (and myself) can nominate up to five songs that are both:
- not on the list below.
- not by an artist with 3 songs already on the list below (Justin Bieber, Sigma, The Weeknd, Carly Rae Jepsen, Taylor Swift & One Direction).
That's not all, though - your suggestion needs to be "supported" by two other members. Each member also has five "support" votes in addition to their five suggestions. The first 25 songs to make it through this qualifying round will enter the competition proper.
Round 1: Out of the top 200, each member can choose their favourite FIFTEEN songs. The songs that get any votes will move onto Round 2.
I'll leave it there because this is often too inconvenient and unpredictable to describe at the start of the game. WE WILL GET THERE, though.
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Round One - The Pre-Determined Shortlist (150 songs)
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Adele - Hello
Alessia Cara - Here
Alesso - Cool (feat. Roy English)
Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better
Ariana Grande - Focus
AURORA - Half the World Away
Avicii - The Nights
Avicii - Waiting for Love
Birdy - Wings
Blonde - All Cried Out (feat. Alex Newell)
Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love
Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
Carly Rae Jepsen - Your Type
Charli XCX - Doing It (feat. Rita Ora)
Charlie Puth - Marvin Gaye (feat. Meghan Trainor)
Chris Brown x Tyga - Ayo
Clean Bandit - Stronger
Coldplay - Adventure of a Lifetime
D'Angelo - Really Love
David Guetta - Hey Mama (feat. Nicki Minaj & Afrojack)
David Zowie - House Every Weekend
Deorro & Chris Brown - Five More Hours
Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer
Diplo & Sleepy Tom - Be Right There
Disclosure - Omen (feat. Sam Smith)
DJ Fresh - Gravity (feat. Ella Eyre)
Dr. Kucho! & Gregor Salto - Can't Stop Playing (Makes Me High) [Oliver Heldens Remix]
Drake - Hotline Bling
Ed Sheeran & Rudimental - Bloodstream
Ella Eyre - Together
Elle King - Exs & Ohs
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Ellie Goulding - On My Mind
Felix Jaehn - Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) (feat. Jasmine Thomp)
Fergie - L.A. Love (La La)
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Fifth Harmony - Worth It (feat. Kid Ink)
5 Seconds of Summer - She's Kinda Hot
Fleur East - Sax
Foals - Mountain at my Gates
Flo Rida - GDFR (feat. Sage the Gemini)
Flo Rida - I Don't Like It, I Love It (feat. Robin Thicke)
Florence + the Machine - What Kind of Man
Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly
Galantis - Runaway (U & I)
Grace - You Don't Own Me (feat. G-Eazy)
Grimes - Flesh Without Blood
Grimes - Realiti
Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself
Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo - Rhymes
Hozier - Take Me to Church
Iggy Azalea - Trouble (feat. Jennifer Hudson)
Jack Ü - Where Are Ü Now (feat. Justin Bieber)
James Bay - Hold Back the River
James Bay - Let it Go
Jamie Lawson - Wasn't Expecting That
Jamie xx - I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) [feat. Young Thug & Popcaan]
Jason Derulo - Want to Want Me
Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand
Jess Glynne - Take Me Home
Jessie J - Flashlight
Jidenna - Classic Man (feat. Roman GianArthur)
JME - Don't @ Me
John Newman - Come and Get It
Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
Justin Bieber - Sorry
Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?
Kanye West - FourFiveSeconds (feat. Rihanna & Paul McCartney)
Karen Harding - Say Something
KDA - Turn the Music Louder (Rumble) [feat. Tinie Tempah & Katy B]
Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Kendrick Lamar - King ****a
Krept & Konan - Freak of the Week (feat. Jeremih)
Kygo - Firestone (feat. Conrad)
Lawson - Roads
Lethal Bizzle - Fester Skank (feat. Diztortion)
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir - A Bridge Over You
Little Mix - Black Magic
Little Mix - Love Me Like You
Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me
Louisa Johnson - Forever Young
LunchMoney Lewis - Bills
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown
Major Lazer x DJ Snake - Lean On (feat. MØ)
Marlon Roudette - When the Beat Drops Out
Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
Maroon 5 - Sugar
Martin Garrix - Don't Look Down (feat. Usher)
Martin Solveig & GTA - Intoxicated
Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin'
Mike Mago & Dragonette - Outlines
Missy Elliott - WTF (Where They From) [feat. Pharrell Williams]
MNEK & Zara Larsson - Never Forget You
Natalie La Rose - Around the World (feat. Fetty Wap)
Natalie La Rose - Somebody (feat. Jeremih)
Nathan Sykes - Kiss Me Quick
Naughty Boy - Runnin' (Lose It All) [feat. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin]
Ne-Yo - Coming With You
Nick Jonas - Jealous
The 1975 - My Love
99 Souls - The Girl is Mine (feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy)
Olly Murs - Kiss Me
OMI - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
One Direction - Drag Me Down
One Direction - History
One Direction - Perfect
Petite Meller - Baby Love
Philip George - Wish You Were Mine
Philip George & Anton Powers - Alone No More
Pia Mia - Do It Again (feat. Chris Brown & Tyga)
R. City - Locked Away (feat. Adam Levine)
Rachel Platten - Fight Song
Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money
Rihanna - FourFiveSeconds (feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney)
Rita Ora - Poison
Rudimental - Lay It All On Me (feat. Ed Sheeran)
Sam Feldt - Show Me Love (feat. Kimberly Anne)
Sam Smith - Writing's On the Wall
Selena Gomez - Good For You (feat. A$AP Rocky)
Sia - Elastic Heart (feat. The Weeknd & Diplo)
Sigala - Easy Love
Sigala - Sweet Lovin' (feat. Bryn Christopher)
Sigma - Coming Home (feat. Rita Ora)
Sigma - Glitterball (feat. Ella Henderson)
Sigma - Higher (feat. Labrinth)
Skepta - Shutdown
Stevie McCrorie - Lost Stars
Stormzy - Shut Up
Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better
Tame Impala - Let it Happen
Taylor Swift - Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Taylor Swift - Style
Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams
Tchami - Promesses (feat. Kaleem Taylor)
Tinie Tempah - Not Letting Go (feat. Jess Glynne)
Tough Love - So Freakin' Tight
Usher - I Don't Mind (feat. Juicy J)
The Vamps - Wake Up
Vince Staples - Lift Me Up
Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance
The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
The Weeknd - Earned It
The Weeknd - The Hills
Wiz Khalifa - See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth)
WSTRN - In2
Years & Years - King
Years & Years - Shine
Zara Larsson - Lush Life
Zedd - I Want You to Know (feat. Selena Gomez)
Suggested Songs:
Brandon Flowers - Can't Deny My Love [Shaun]
Jamie xx - Loud Places (feat. Romy) [Shaun]
Torres - Strange Hellos [Shaun]
A$AP Rocky - L$D [Drew.]
Pia Mia - Dum Dada (feat. Kid Ink) [Daniel-X]
Paris Hilton - High off my Love [Amy Jade]
Fleur East - Baby Don't Dance [Hayden] - VOID (2 other songs qualified by her
Shangela Laquifa Wadley - Uptown Fish [Hayden]
Lady Leshurr - Queen's Speech 4 [Hayden]
Kygo - Stole The Show [EspeonBB]
Pia Mia - Touch [reece(:]
Selena Gomez - Same Old Love [reece(:]
HomeTown - The Night We Met [Adam.]
HomeTown - Cry For Help [Adam.]
Demi Lovato - Confident [Brenda.]
Stereophonics - I Wanna Get Lost With You [Locke.]
August Alsina - Song Cry [Locke.]
King Los - Glory to the Lord (feat. R. Kelly) [Locke.]
Foxes - Better Love [Locke.]
Troye Sivan - Wild [MB.]
The Chemical Brothers - Go [MB.]
Leona Lewis - Thunder [LukeB]
Leona Lewis - I Am [Ross.]
Leona Lewis - Thank You [Ross.]
Ellie Goulding - Something in the Way You Move [LukeB]
Cheryl - Only Human [LukeB]
Adele - A Million Years Ago [Adam.]
Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece [Smithy]
David Guetta - Bang My Head (feat. Sia) [Smithy]
dumblonde - Dreamsicle [Z]
Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach [Z]
RHODES & Birdy - Let It All Go [Z]
Florence + The Machine - Ship To Wreck [EspeonBB]
Ella Eyre - Good Times (ft. Sigma) [Hayden]
Molly Sterling - Playing with Numbers [Adam.]
Songs with 1 Support:
Rita Ora - Body On Me (feat. Chris Brown) [LukeB, Drew.]
Fetty Wap - 679 [Drew., LukeB]
Giorgio Moroder - Tom's Diner (feat. Britney Spears) [Daniel-x, Pete.]
Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker The Berry [EspeonBB, Shaun]
Chris Brown - Zero [Drew., Locke.]
Foxes - Body Talk [Drew., MB.]
Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) [Pete., Adam]
Purity Ring - Begin Again [Smithy, Drew.]
Snakehips Tinashe & Chance the Rapper - All My Friends [reece(:, Z]
Dawn Richard - Dance [reece(:, Z]
Brandon Flowers - I Can Change [MB., LucasMichael]
CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue [Z, Smithy]
Watermät & TAI - All My Love (feat. Becky Hill) [MB., Shaun]
Aminata - Love Injected [EspeonBB, Adam.]
Madonna - Ghosttown [Brenda., Pete.]
Madonna - Living for Love (feat. the BRIT Awards cape) [Adam., Pete.]
Madonna - Devil Pray [Pete., Brenda.]
Songs with 2 Supports (Qualified):
Janelle Monae - Yoga (feat. Jidenna) [Locke., Shaun, EspeonBB]
Adele - When We Were Young [Shaun, LukeB, Ross.]
Sia - Alive [Amy Jade, LukeB, Adam.]
Fleur East - Paris [Hayden, Pete., Ross.]
Fleur East - Breakfast [Hayden, Pete., MB.]
CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace [Smithy, Shaun, Z]
Giorgio Moroder - Deja Vu (feat. Sia) [MB., Smithy, Z]
Disclosure - Magnets (feat. Lorde) [Z, reece(:, Shaun]
Passion Pit - Lifted Up (1985) [Shaun, Amy Jade, _LucasMichael_]
Lady GaGa - 'Til it Happens to You [Smithy, Chaos, _LucasMichael_]
Leona Lewis - Fire Under My Feet [LukeB, Ross., Hayden]
Tinashe and Chris Brown - Player [reece(:, Z, EspeonBB]
Nicki Minaj - Feelin' Myself (feat. Beyonce) [Daniel-x, EspeonBB, Smithy]
Britney Spears - Pretty Girls (feat. Iggy Azalea) [Pete., Hayden, Brenda.]
Users' Suggestions remaining:
Shaun - 0
LukeB - 0
Drew. - 1
Amy Jade - 3
Z - 0
Daniel-x - 2
Pete. - 1
Hayden - 0
Ross. - 3
EspeonBB - 1
Locke. - 0
Brenda. - 3
reece(: - 0
MB. - 0
Lucas - 5
Chaos - 5
Adam. - 1
Smithy - 0
Users' Support-Votes remaining:
Shaun - 1
Drew. - 3
Ross. - 2
Z - 0
LukeB - 2
Amy Jade - 4
Daniel-x - 5
Pete. - 0
Hayden - 3
EspeonBB - 2
Adam. - 3
MB. - 3
reece(: - 4
Smithy - 2
Chaos - 4
Brenda - 3
Locke. - 4
Lucas - 2
DISCLAIMER: For the suggestions round and qualifying round (the same round but idk what to call it ok), if you're going to provide YouTube videos or spotify embeds for your suggested songs, can you please put all of them in one big spoiler? Just to save us all the chore of every single youtube video loading automatically on the page. :)
That's about all of the rules... now get suggesting ;)